Black, Raleigh A. (1880 - 1963)

Born on 11 March 1880 in Bothwell, Tasmania; died on 2 July 1963 in Mont Albert, Victoria.

Resident in Tasmania from 1880-1926, thereafter in Victoria and (briefly)
in Sydney, New South Wales. Black worked at first in a printing works,
spent 26 years with the Tasmanian Council of Agriculture, and finally,
worked as a travelling representative for a fertiliser company in country
Victoria. He was a close associate of Leonard
Rodway. His collection of about 15 000 specimens (including around
6000 duplicates) was offered for sale to several herbaria, and was eventually
purchased by MEL in August 1957. A few duplicates are also in HO, K and
US.

Sources: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic
Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS.
[consult for source references]; place of birth corrected from Aberdeen, Scotland and dates of residence in Tasmania corrected from 1890-1963 based on information provided by Helen Black (grand-daughter) in January 2014.